Quite an interesting topic guys from my windsurfing perspective. Majority of you were poleys to start with. Just wondering if any have had a windsurf since starting kiting.

I know I get out more than you too Hargs.

44 now 46 ...
mind you first year only got 6 hrs kiting done.
problem is work...yes dirty four letter word.
surfed on and off for 30 yrs

Old enough to know this is a repeated thread, tophat anyone?

mazdon said..
started kiting at 24, now 32

would rather surf any day of the week ...

I've thought about learning to surf but the lack of actual "board" time holds me back every time. At least with kiting, you're actually kiting for the whole time. With surfing it seems most of your time is paddling and waiting out back. Very little time is actually spent surfing.

After windsurfing for 20 years I started Kiting at 43 and am 57 now.

I have been thinking however that I still prefer to wavesail when the waves / conditions are good.

Started 40
Now 44
Wish I started sooner

I started windsurfing at 22, started kitesurfing at 33, started to hit the wake park at 48

Yep old topic but..

started surfing at age 13

Started Windsurfing at the age of 20, still have the gear and get out a few times a year.

Started Kite surfing at age 40, and turn 54 this year..... Kiting 4 to 5 times a week through summer, less through winter....

The big question is how much money have you spent over the years on boards, sails, kites, related holidays, cars, house by the beach etc...

I started 15 years ago... now am frustrated by all the above disillusioned surfers and windsurfers flooding my local, who think kitesurfing will solve their chrisis... I think for them roller bladeing and cycling would have been the better way to go.... ... but I know most of us were born one day...

Started 42
50 now feels like 21

Started 49
Now 51

Windsufed and dinghy sailer from 9, cruising and ocean racing for the last 10 years, sold the yacht last year, don't need it anymore. I could buy 6 kites and two new boards a year for what it cost to keep :-)

There's a few patterns developing here!
currently 43
Started kiting 41
Winsurfed 25 years, surfed 35 years and now 80% of time on a board is spent attached to a kite.
Best sport i ever took up and the lift tickets are super cheap!

Thanks Boon, even though i commented about the over 40's the graph really illustrates the kids not getting into the sport. How and who changes this?

Andrush
Please respect your elders and bring your entertaiment to the beach with you so that we can admire something while your loading for your kiteloops

started kiting at 26 am now 38.

I used to be addicted to kiting, thought about nothing else, everything in my life was DOW!. A couple of years back I started mountain biking. I now race in gravity enduro events and mtb 3-4 times a week, kitesurf about 2 times a month. I still love kitesurfing but I think having another passion is healthy. I no longer feel like a victim to the waether. Funny thing is I was addicted to surfing for about 10 years before kiting took over, then kiting for 10 years before mtb took over. see a pattern emerging?.

There seem to be a lot of 3-4 year kiters on this thread, am I the odd one out or are there many other long term kiters that still froth over kiting but not as much as they used too?